Sarah Parker

Synopsis

She worked as a corporate lawyer in Charlotte from 1969 to 1984. In 1984, she was appointed by Gov. Jim Hunt to the state Court of Appeals. She was re-elected in 1986 and 1990. She was elected to the state Supreme Court in 1992. After she lost a bid for re-election in 1994, she was reappointed to another seat by Hunt, then re-elected twice. In January of 2006, Gov. Mike Easley appointed her chief justice, the third woman to serve in that post. In that role, she successfully lobbied the legislature to boost court spending by $34 million. In November, she was elected chief justice, using the state's public campaign financing system.

Trivia

She spent two years in Turkey as a Peace Corps volunteer.

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